Accounting Policies

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2021

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Horizon Bancorp, Inc. (“Horizon” or the “Company”) and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, including Horizon Bank (“Horizon Bank” or the “Bank”), which is an Indiana commercial bank. All inter–company balances and transactions have been eliminated. The results of operations for the periods ended September 30, 2021 and September 30, 2020 are not necessarily indicative of the operating results for the full year of 2021 or 2020. The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments that are, in the opinion of Horizon’s management, necessary to fairly present the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of Horizon for the periods presented. Those adjustments consist only of normal recurring adjustments.

Certain information and note disclosures normally included in Horizon’s annual financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America have been condensed or omitted. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in Horizon’s Annual Report on Form 10–K for 2020 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2021. The condensed consolidated balance sheet of Horizon as of December 31, 2020 has been derived from the audited balance sheet as of that date.

On July 16, 2019, the Board of Directors of the Company authorized a stock repurchase program for up to 2,250,000 shares of Horizon’s issued and outstanding common stock, no par value. As of September 30, 2021, Horizon had repurchased a total of 803,349 shares at an average price per share of $16.89. In addition to the stock repurchase program, Horizon agreed to repurchase 1,000,000 shares at a price per share of $15.19 from an individual shareholder on March 6, 2020.

Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing net income available to common shareholders (net income less dividend requirements for preferred stock and accretion of preferred stock discount) by the weighted–average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted earnings per share reflect the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other contracts to issue common stock were exercised or converted into common stock.

The following table shows computation of basic and diluted earnings per share.


	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30				September 30
	2021		2020		2021		2020
Basic earnings per share
Net income	$	23,071	$	20,312	$	65,666	$	46,606
Weighted average common shares outstanding	43,810,729		43,862,435		43,893,194		44,099,862
Basic earnings per share	$	0.53	$	0.46	$	1.50	$	1.06

Diluted earnings per share
Net income	$	23,071	$	20,312	$	65,666	$	46,606
Weighted average common shares outstanding	43,810,729		43,862,435		43,893,194		44,099,862
Effect of dilutive securities:
Restricted stock	99,666		8,246		102,446		32,574
Stock options	48,475		33,200		51,403		33,214
Weighted average common shares outstanding	43,958,870		43,903,881		44,047,043		44,165,650
Diluted earnings per share	$	0.52	$	0.46	$	1.49	$	1.06

There were 142,705 and 153,582 shares for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, which were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share because they were non–dilutive. There were 492,273 and 273,776 shares for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, which were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share because they were non–dilutive.

Horizon has share–based employee compensation plans, which are described in the notes to the financial statements included in the December 31, 2020 Annual Report on Form 10–K. Also, the Company's shareholders approved the 2021 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan at its Annual Meeting on May 6, 2021, adding 1.4 million additional shares to the plan and with no other significant changes from the Company's previous plan.

Accounting Guidance Issued But Not Yet Adopted

FASB ASU No. 2020–04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting

The FASB has issued ASU 2020–04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting, which provides temporary, optional guidance to ease the potential burden in accounting for, or recognizing the effects of, the transition away from the LIBOR or other interbank offered rates on financial reporting. To help with the transition to new reference rates, the ASU provides optional expedients and exceptions for applying GAAP to affected contract modifications and hedge accounting relationships. The main provisions include:

•A change in a contract's reference interest rate would be accounted for as a continuation of that contract rather than as the creation of a new one for contracts, including loans, debt, leases, and other arrangements, that meet specific criteria.

•When updating its hedging strategies in response to reference rate reform, an entity would be allowed to preserve its hedge accounting.

The guidance is applicable only to contracts or hedge accounting relationships that reference LIBOR or another reference rate expected to be discontinued. Because the guidance is meant to help entities through the transition period, it will be in effect for a limited time and will not apply to contract modifications made and hedging relationships entered into or evaluated after December 31, 2022, except for hedging relationships existing as of December 31, 2022, for which an entity has elected certain optional expedients that are retained through the end of the hedging relationship. The amendments in this ASU are effective March 12, 2020 through December 31, 2022.

ASU 2020–04 permits relief solely for reference rate reform actions and permits different elections over the effective date for legacy and new activity. Accordingly, the Company is evaluating and reassessing the elections on a quarterly basis. For current elections in effect regarding the assertion of the probability of forecasted transactions, the Company elects the expedient to assert the probability of the hedged interest payments and receipts regardless of any expected modification in terms related to reference rate reform.

The Company has been conducting monthly meetings to address contracts and hedge accounting relationships that reference LIBOR. All contracts referencing LIBOR as an interest rate have been identified and are in the process of being rewritten or refinanced by December 31, 2021, except for commercial loan interest rate swaps. Hedge accounting relationships referencing LIBOR will be modified by the counter parties. The Company believes the adoption of this guidance on activities subsequent to December 31, 2020 through December 31, 2022 will not have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.